Flash floods displace residents amid relentless rain in Ipoh

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Several residential areas in Ipoh, Perak, including Kampung Tasek, Kampung Seri Kinta, and Arena Kepayang Putra, were inundated after more than 10 hours of continuous rainfall since Saturday evening (Nov 30).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ybtw2dve  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Several residential areas in Ipoh were inundated after over 10 hours of continuous rainfall

00:10since Saturday evening. According to the Perak Fire and Rescue Department, the affected areas

00:16include Kampung Tasek, Kampung Sri Kinta, and Arena Kepayang Putra. Department Director

00:22Sayani Saidon reported that firefighters rescued five people, including a young girl,

00:28from a house in Kampung Tasek around 11.05 a.m. on Sunday. The group was relocated to the Kampung

00:36Tasek Community Hall. In Kampung Sri Kinta, where floodwaters reached about two meters,

00:42four senior citizens and a child were rescued from their home at approximately 12.20 p.m.

00:48They have taken shelter at the Kampung Sri Kinta Community Hall. Meanwhile,

00:53rescue operations were ongoing in Arena Kepayang Putra, where people were trapped in 11 different

01:00locations due to rising waters. A spokesman from the State Disaster Management Committee

01:06reported that 126 people have been affected by the flash floods so far.

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